About Sherman Cordelle
Sherman Cordelle Toppin trained as a student of ideas and institutions. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and went on to receive his J.D. from the College of William and Mary. Those two schools shaped his legal thinking and provided the academic grounding he carried into practice.
He is admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. Over the years he built a practice that combines courtroom work, transactional matters and community engagement. Early in his career he moved between practice and teaching, a pattern he has repeated ever since.
Teaching has been a steady part of his professional life. From 2004 to 2007 he served on the adjunct faculty at Strayer University. In 2008 he joined the Temple Real Estate Institute as an adjunct instructor and continues in that role. The classroom work reflects long-standing ties to property law and to professionals who handle real estate every day.
His professional memberships paint a consistent picture. He is a member of the National Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He has been active in the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors since 2003. Since that same year he has served as President of The Barristers Association of Philadelphia, a role that places him at the center of local legal networks and community initiatives.
Those associations and his teaching roles connect to the subjects that occupy his docket. Real estate transactions, property disputes and related transactional work appear regularly in his practice. He handles matters that require both legal analysis and practical negotiation, often working with real estate professionals and local stakeholders.
Toppin runs the Sherman Toppin Law Office, maintaining office operations across multiple locations. He balances client work with his teaching and association responsibilities. That mix requires frequent switching between classroom lectures, client conferences and association governance.
Colleagues and peers describe him as methodical and steady. He prefers clear advice over rhetoric and practical solutions over abstract theory. He is known for taking time to explain options to clients and for engaging other professionals when a case requires specialized expertise.
Today he continues to practice through the Sherman Toppin Law Office, combining litigation, transactional work and his long-running involvement in real estate education and professional organizations. His current practice focuses on real estate law and related transactional and property matters.
